Extractor for headless shells



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' ATTORNEYS.

(No Model.)

G. H. KEENAN.

EXTRAGTOR ,FOR HEADLESS SHELLS.

No. 357,773. Patented Feb. 15,1887.

WITNESSES kwfl UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES HENRY KEENAN, OF FORT HALLEOK,,NEVADA.

EXTRACTOR FOR HEADLESS SHELLS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No 357,773, dated February1887.

Application filed Scptembcr20,186. Serial No. 214,0l1 l. (No model.)

the following is a specification, reference being had to the annexeddrawings, forming a part thereof, in which- I Figure 1 is a perspectiveview of my improved headless-shell extractor. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsection, and Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken on line :0 x in Fig.2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in thedifferent figures of the drawings.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and efficientimplement for removing from fire-arms cartridge-shells from which theheads have been separated.

My invention consists in a cylinder having the general form of acartridge and provided with a head fitted to the recess in the breech ofthe gun bored axially and provided with a rod extending through itsentire length, the said cylinder having a notch in one side, in which isloosely placed a dog which is retained by the rod extending through thebore of the cylinder.

The cylinder A is of the general form of a cartridge-shell, and isprovided with the head B, adapted to fit into a recess in the breech ofthe gun, which is commonly occupied by the head of the cartridgeshell.The cylinder A is bored axially in two diameters, to receive a rod, 0,which extends through the cylinder. The rod 0 is made in two diameters,to correspond with the bore of the cylinder, and is provided at itssmaller end with a nut, a,which is adjusted on the rod so as to allow itto move endwisc in the bore of the cylinder. The head end of thecylinder A is counter-bored to receive the head I) of the rod 0.

In one side of the cylinder A is formed an angular notch, D, in which isplaced a dog,

E, having a straight inner edge resting in the bottom of the notch, andhaving a curved and beveled outer edge which is capable of extendingbeyond the periphery of the cylinder A. The dog E is apertured toreceive the rod (J,

and lies between the shoulder a on the rod and the wall of the notch D,whichis at right angles to the axis of the cylinder.

The external diameter of the extractor corresponds to the internaldiameter of the shell to be extracted, and the extractor is applied tothe shell, while the rod 0 is drawn out, as indicated in dotted lines inFig. 2. By moving forward the breech-block, and thus pushing in the rod0, so as to bring the shoulder 0 against the dog E, the dog E is broughtinto engagement with the inner surface of the eartridge-shell S, so thatwhen the cylinder A is withdrawn from the gun-barrel by means of theshell-extractor belonging to the fire-arm it will carry with it theheadless shell.

Having thus fully described my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In aheadless-shell extractor, the'combt nation, with the notched metalliccylinder having upon one end a head adapted to the recess of the breechof the fire-arm, of a dog connected movably with the cylinder and seatedin the notch thereof for engaging the inner surface of thecartridge-shell, as specified.

2. In a headless-shell extractor, the combination, with theaxially'bored cylinder A, provided with a head, B, and having a notch,1), formed in one side thereof, of the rod 0, having the shoulder c, andextending through the bore of the cylinder, and the dog E, inserted inthe notch D, secured on the rod 0 and having a curved and beveled edge,substantially as shown and described.

, CHARLES HENRY KEENAN.

Witnesses:

O. E. lVIAYER, J. B. ABEL.

